The Water Horse

    The Water Horse
    2007

    Synopsis

    A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

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    Cast

    • Alex EtelAngus MacMorrow
    • Emily WatsonAnne MacMorrow
    • Ben ChaplinLewis Mowbray
    • David MorrisseyCaptain Thomas Hamilton
    • Priyanka XiKirstie MacMorrow
    • Craig HallCharlie MacMorrow
    • Brian CoxOld Angus
    • Erroll ShandLt. Wormsley
    • Joel TobeckSgnt. Walker
    • Bruce AllpressJock McGowan

    Recommendations

    • 90

      L.A. Weekly

      Personally, I wouldn’t take a toddler (unless he was the son of Tarantino) to this intermittently, legitimately terrifying tale of a boy and his Loch Ness monster. But everyone else should blow off "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and show up for the best kiddie picture of the season -- and, along with "Ratatouille," of the year.
    • 88

      USA Today

      Well-told fanciful tales aimed at children but appreciated by adults are a rarity, and The Water Horse should be savored for the exuberantly entertaining ride it offers.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      While it boasts a lower profile than many other Christmas releases, it might catch on with parents who want to take their kids to a movie that the entire family will actually enjoy. Nifty special effects and a first-rate British cast elevate this production.
    • 80

      Variety

      Though it strikes some predictable coming-of-age notes, this moving, well-wrought adventure should appeal to fans of "E.T." and Carroll Ballard.
    • 80

      Wall Street Journal

      It declines to take itself seriously, yet manages, sometimes simultaneously, to be exciting, instructive, cheerfully absurd and genuinely affecting.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      An enchanting tale of friendship and evolvingrelationships, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" engagingly grafts coming-of-age movie chestnuts onto Scottish folklore.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      Consider it "Free Willy" with the Loch Ness Monster. It's that kind of family-friendly movie - one that focuses on the friendship between a lonely boy and an animal.
    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      A family film in the best sense.